linux-kernel - Re: Back to the future.

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Date:	Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:33:15 +1000
From:	Nigel Cunningham <nigel@...el.suspend2.net>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Back to the future.

Hi.

On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 10:38 +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> On Apr 26 2007 16:04, Nigel Cunningham wrote:
> >
> >Hi again.
> >
> >So - trying to get back to the original discussion - what (if anything)
> >do you see as the way ahead?
> >
> >The options I can think of are (starting with things I can do):
> >
> >1) [...]
> >2) [...]
> >3) [...]
> >4) [...]
> >5) [...]
> >6) [...]
> >7) [...]
> 
> Perhaps do it the EVMS way? Do as much in userspace as possible, and
> trying having a simple kernel API at the same time.
> Perhaps (3) would be it, but ask Redhat _first_ before quitting anything :)

:) Well, the EVMS way is swsusp. Personally, I agree with Linus that
think putting suspend to disk code in userspace is just a broken idea.

Regards,

Nigel

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